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@Mun gisten getraut @Hirn B. S. NORRIS, OF' RlPLEY, OHIO.

Lef-ters Patent No. 78,318, dated Jlfay 26, 1868,

iIMPROVED PRESS.

TO ALLYWHOM AIT MAY GONCERN:

Be it known-that I, B. S. NORRIS, of' Ripley, in the county of Brown, andState of Ohio, have invented a new andusetul Improvement in Presses; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, .and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in` the art to make and use thesame, reference ben'lghadte the accompanying drawings, forming' part of this specification. l v i The nature of my invention relates to improvements in'presses, whereby it is designed to provide'gn. more simple, cheap, and eieotive press than any new in use. v

And it consists in providing, .in'a suitable frame, a vertical presser, which is worked in a. downward direc tion'hya ratchet on the same, and a pawl, on a lever which is worked by hand.

A. spring-holding pawl is also provided, for preventing it from slidingbackward, and weight for balancing' the same, as will be more fully'described on reference totheaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown a. side elevationof the same, with parts broken away. A, i

A represents `a suitable frame, firmly secxired te the flooring or tothe ground, and provided with two cros`spieces, having mortises at about the centres of the same, thro-uglrwhich slides the presser B in a vertical position.

The presser-stem is providedv with ratchet-notches on one side. A Y

C represents ahand-lever, which is jointed to one post at b, andworks through a long slot in the other post, and is provided-with a pawl, a, to actuate the presser B. l y

e represents a holding-pawl, which also takes into the ratchet, to prevent it from sliding back when the pawl a israised. i

i d and e are springs, to hold the' p awls in action with the ratchet.

fand g aretlinks, to hold the pawls away from the ratchet, when it desired to raise the presser. l

D represents a'weight, `connected to the top end of the presser-stem by'a cord, t, working over pulleys z' and c, to balance the same, and hold it up when it has beenraised. Y

When'it is desired to raise the'presser up, the pawls a andc are held away from contact with the presserstem by hooking the links on the proper pins on` the post; .and when it is desired to operate the press', the article to be operated upon being placed under the presser, the pawls are allowed to be forcedagainst the ratchet on the stem of the presser by the springs, when, by power being applied to the end of the Alever, so as to move it up and down, thepresser will be forced down 'upon whatever may be under'it with great force.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A The combinatiom-with the frame A, of the presser B, hand-lever C, spring-pawls av and c, and the weight D, substantially as and for the purpose described.

The above specification et' my invention signed-hymne, this 3d day of March, 186.8.'

' B. S. NORRIS.

Witnesses JOHN .MOAGEIL M. OBE'EKBAUM; 

